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[Furlough for Ailing Georgia Confederate Private] :

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. THE BEARER HEREOF ROBERT BAKER A PRIVATE IN CAPT. WHITAKERS COMPANY 2D REGT STATE GUARDS, AGE OF 33 YEARS, 5 FEET 9 INCHES HIGH FAIR COMPLEXION BLUE EYES LITE HAIR AND BY PROFESSION A FARMER BORN IN THE COUNTY OF FAYETTE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND ENLISTED AT FAYETTEVILLE GEORGIA ON THE 4TH DAY OF AUGUST 1863 TO SERVE FOR THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS IS HEREBY PERMITTED TO GO TO HIS HOME IN THE COUNTY OF FAYETTE STATE OF GEORGIA HE HAVING RECEVD A FURLOUGH FROM THE 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER TO THE 20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1863 AT WHICH PERIOD HE WILL REJOIN HIS COMPANY OR REGIMENT AT THIS PLACE OR WHEREVER THE REGIMENT MAY BE AT THAT TIME. SAID SOLDIER IS ENTITLED TO PAY FROM THE 1ST SEPT TO THE 31ST OCT. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ... THIS 11 NOV 1863. F.T. GAYDEN 1ST LIEUT COMMANDING COMP. E.

[Georgia: 11 November 1863]. Bifolium, folded to 5" X8." Old folds, closed tears repaired without loss, a few small pinholes with minor effect on text. Good+. Written endorsement on November 11 by Surgeon J.S. Holliday finds him unfit for duty "in consequence of a severe catarrah affection with pleuritis." Surgeon..... More

Price: $275.00

Texas:

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE FILED BY DEFENDANT, IN STATE OF TEXAS V. ALFRED HENRY, NO. 3083, NAVARRO COUNTY, DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF D.J. JOHNSON AND G.W. DUBOSE, MATERIAL WITNESSES FOR DEFENDANT WHO ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT DEFENDANT'S CLAIM OF INNOCENCE.

Texas: January 24, 1887. Folio, 3, [1-docketed] pp, completely in manuscript on lined paper. Old folds [a few short fold splits repaired with archival tape, no loss], minor toning, a few tiny edge chips. Signature of H.K. Farrar as clerk, signed by Henry with his mark and sworn to before..... More

Price: $175.00

[Texas] McCann, Ed:

JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. ED McCANN, CASE NO. 2343, NAVARRO COUNTY, AUGUST TERM 1895, ACCUSED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON JIM SHAUGHNER WITH A KNIFE AND CUTTING HIM IN A MANNER TO INFLICT "SERIOUS BODILY INJURY" : "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY THIS DEFT. ED McCANN STANDS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN THE COUNTY OF NAVARRO AND STATE OF TEXAS ON OR ABOUT THE 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1895. TO WHICH CHARGE THE DEFENDANT HAS PLEADED 'NOT GUILTY.' ... THE USE OF ANY UNLAWFUL VIOLENCE UPON THE PERSON OF ANOTHER WITH THE INTENT TO INJURE HIM WHATEVER BE THE MEANS OR DEGREE OF VIOLENCE USED IS AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY. ASSAULT AND BATTERY BECOMES AGGRAVATED WHEN A SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IS INFLICTED UPON THE PERSON ASSAULTED OR WHEN COMMITTED WITH DEADLY WEAPONS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT AMOUNTING TO AN INTENT TO MURDER OR MAIM. A DEADLY WEAPON IS ONE WHICH IN THE MANNER USED IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. . . " SIGNED AT END "M.L. SHELTON, COUNTY JUDGE OF NAVARRO" AND DOCKETED ON FINAL PAGE "WE JUROR [SIC] FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY ASSESS HIS FINE $25. R.A. FIFE, FOREMAN.".

Navarro County, TX: 1895. Folio, 8-1/4" x 14". Five leaves bound with stick pin in top blank margin, lined paper with red margins. [4], [1-docket] pp. The first three leaves are manuscript on recto only, the fourth is a printed form, its recto defining the presumption of innocence and reasonable..... More

Price: $275.00

[Confederate Broadside Verse] Macarthy, Harry:

THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.

[np: 1861?]. 4to broadside printed on brown paper. Seven stanzas, each followed by a two-line chorus. 5-5/8" X 10-1/4." Text surrounded by a decorative border. Blank upper right and lower left corners torn [the lower right taking a small portion of the border]. Good+. This popular Confederate song was printed..... More

Price: $450.00

[Civil War]:

INTERVIEW BETWEEN SHERMAN & JOHNSON [sic].

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, LIth. [1865]. Broadside lithograph, oblong 10-1/8" x 6-3/4." Some foxing at the margins, else Very Good. This is an extremely rare lithograph by Duval depicting General Joe Johnston's surrender of his army to General Sherman on April 18. "Peter Stephen Duval, the most prominent Philadelphia..... More

Price: $2,500.00

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1865. THE END. SURRENDER OF LEE AND THE WHOLE...

[Civil War]:

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1865. THE END. SURRENDER OF LEE AND THE WHOLE ARMY TO GRANT. TERMS OF SURRENDER. ALL HONOR TO GRANT, MEADE, SHERIDAN, ORD, HUMPHREYS, WRIGHT, GRIFFIN, PARKE, AND THEIR BRAVE TROOPS. HIGHLY INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING BEFORE THE SURRENDER... INTENSE ENTHUSIASM.

New York: 1865. Elephant folio, 15-1/2" x 22." 8pp, each page in six columns. Several pages of advertisements. The rest devoted to the details of the surrender. A large map on page 8 displays the final troop movements and Appomattox Court House. Disbound, some spine separations, Very Good. The..... More

Price: $1,500.00

[South Carolina in Reconstruction]:

ACTS AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DURING ITS POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION, 1866-1878.

Columbia: 1866-1878. Various bindings [some sheep, some later buckram], usual institutional marks. Condition of bindings varies, with several covers detached. Text normally clean and Very Good. The books include: a. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1866. Columbia: 1866..... More

Price: $1,250.00

South Carolina:

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PASSED IN DECEMBER, 1859.

Columbia, S.C. R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, 1859. vi, [2 blanks, 745-835, [1 blank], ix, [1 blank], xx pp. Bound with the following documents, in modern tan buckram, all in excellent condition, all with detailed Indexes. Near Fine. REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Adams, Charles Francis:

1865-1900. THE CONFEDERACY AND THE TRANSVAAL: A PEOPLE'S OBLIGATION TO ROBERT E. LEE. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 1901.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 25, [1] pp. Stapled as issued. Wrappers absent, otherwise complete and Very Good. An appreciation of General Lee's decision to surrender, and to refrain from guerrilla warfare. More

Price: $45.00

Ramsdell, Charles W.:

THE CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING BY THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. REPRINTED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW, VOL. VIII, NO. 3. DECEMBER, 1921.

[np: 1921?]. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Pages [231]-249 as issued. Loose, chipped along spine and blank edges. Text clean. Good+. More

Price: $25.00

[Florida]:

A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FROM THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, TO THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, INCLUSIVE. COMPILED BY JAMES McCLELLAN, OF THE MARIANA BAR.

Tallahassee, Fla. Printed at the Floridian Book and Job Office, 1881. XVI, 1302 pp. Bound in modern legal buckram with title stamped on spine. Margins of title and a couple of other leaves reinforced. Rubberstamp on title page. Else clean and Very Good. The Digest includes the Constitutions of the..... More

Price: $450.00

[Confederate Pay Voucher]:

PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, AWARDING $48 PAY TO PRIVATE HENRY C. CREWS OF COMPANY K, 1ST FLORIDA CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS, FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1863 TO 1 MAY 1863. SIGNED BY PRIVATE CREWS AND H.T. MASSENGALE, CAPTAIN AND A.Q.M., AT KNOXVILLE, 4 MAY, 1863.

Quarto broadsheet, printed and completed in manuscript on recto and verso. Signed by Crews and Massengale on recto and verso. Toned uniformly. Very Good. The verso is the affidavit of Crews, signed and sworn to before Massengale, attesting his entitlement to the funds. The printed 'Atlanta' location has been..... More

Price: $375.00

THE GENERAL INSTRUCTOR: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY, AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS,...

Bradford, John:

THE GENERAL INSTRUCTOR: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY, AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS, CORONERS, AND CONSTABLES, IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

Lexington, KY: John Bradford, 1800. 12mo. xii, 252 pp. Attractive contemporary calf, red morocco spine label [lettering dulled]. With the letterpress bookplate of George Cleveland (1760-1867), early Bourbon County pioneer; and the ownership signature of William B. Branham, Bourbon County magistrate, and later inscription of his descendant T.W. Hedges. Minor..... More

Price: $4,500.00

[North Carolina]:

JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, AT ITS SESSION OF 1865.

Raleigh: Cannon & Holden, Printers to the Convention, 1865. 94, [2 blanks], iii, [1 blank] pp, [bound with] JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, AT ITS ADJOURNED SESSION OF 1866. Raleigh: Cannon & Holden, Printers to the Convention. 1866. 192, III, [1 blank] pp [as issued]..... More

Price: $600.00

Weber, D[esire] A[stride]:

REPLY OF D.A. WEBER, TO THE REPORT OF THE PROPERTY-HOLDERS' PROTECTIVE UNION OF WEST FELICIANA, TO WHICH IS ADDED SOME USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.

New Orleans: Rea's Steam Book and Job Printing Office, 1876. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 28pp. Postal cancel on rear wrapper, with manuscript address to "Lewis Sterling | "B[ayou] Sara, La." Wrappers dusted. A persistent discoloration appears on each leaf at the upper blank corner, with archival repairs. Otherwise, Good+..... More

Price: $600.00

Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair Association of Louisiana:

REPORT OF THE FIRST GRAND FAIR OF THE MECHANICS' AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AT THE MAGNIFICENT AND EXTENSIVE FAIR GROUNDS OF THE ASSOCIATION. TOGETHER WITH THE PREMIUM ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION BY THE HONS. I. N. MARKS, WM. M. BURWELL, AND VICTOR BURTHE.

New Orleans: Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Job Office, 1867. 60, [25- advertisements], [3 blanks] pp. Original printed yellow wrappers [some extremity chipping]. Originally stitched, now loosened. Illustration on rear wrapper: 'Front Entrance, Gentilly Road]. Several institutional stamps, scattered foxing and dusting. The final [25] pages are advertisements from various..... More

Price: $600.00

[Howard, Benjamin C.] [Dred Scott Case]:

REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. DECEMBER TERM, 1856. VOL. XIX. BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Washington: William M. Morrison and Company, Law Publishers and Booksellers. 1857. ix, [1 blank] 662 pp. Later cloth, inner hinges reinforced, widely scattered foxing, old bookplate and 'duplicate' stamp on front pastedown. Very Good. Pages 393-633 print the official report of Dred Scott v. Sandford. This is the printing..... More

Price: $850.00

Benton, Thomas Hart:

MR. BENTON'S LETTER TO MAJ. GEN. DAVIS, OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, DECLINING THE NOMINATION OF THE CONVENTION OF THAT STATE; DEFENDING THE NOMINATION OF VAN BUREN FOR THE PRESIDENCY; AND RECOMMENDING HARMONY, CONCERT, AND UNION, TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Washington: Blair & Rives, 1835. 16pp, disbound. Good+. With Benton's 'free frank' signature laid down at bottom blank margin of title page. The first great spokesman for the interests of the West, Benton was a pre-eminent Democrat and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson, despite an early violent dispute..... More

Price: $275.00

Campbell, John A.:

MANUSCRIPT NOTICE OF DEATH SENTENCE, WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR AND FORMER UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN A. CAMPBELL, 17 FEBY 1863.

[Richmond? 1863]. Single page, 3-1/4" x 3." February 17, 1863. Lightly toned, mounting remnants on blank verso. Very good. This brief note, written and signed by Campbell as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War, reads in full: "The sentence of death is to be executed friday 12.n. The wife of the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

[Louisiana Freemasons]:

CONSTITUTION DU SUPREME CONSEIL DE LA LOUISIANE.

Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil, 1860. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Very Good. More

Price: $75.00

SPEECH OF MR. STANLY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON ABOLITION PETITIONS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF...

Stanly, [Edward]:

SPEECH OF MR. STANLY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON ABOLITION PETITIONS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 16, 1840.

[Washington: 1840]. 16pp, folded and untrimmed. Some dusting, else Very Good. Stanly was an interesting man and a long-serving Whig Congressman from North Carolina. After he was defeated for re-election in 1852 he moved to California, practiced law, and became a Republican. During the Civil War he was appointed Military..... More

Price: $125.00

Clay, Henry:

SPEECH OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE SUBJECT OF ABOLITION PETITIONS, FEBRUARY 7, 1839.

Boston: James Munroe, 1839. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, moderately foxed. Good. This is Clay's speech supporting the Gag Rule: a Resolution that Congress should refuse to receive petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Clay detested "ultra - abolitionists." Their persistent gnawing at the divisive issue..... More

Price: $125.00

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF TO SUMMON "FIFTY GOOD AND TRUE MEN SLAVE-HOLDERS AND...

[Mississippi Jury]:

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF TO SUMMON "FIFTY GOOD AND TRUE MEN SLAVE-HOLDERS AND HOUSEHOLDERS" TO CONSIDER "IN SPECIAL VENIRE OF FIFTY" THE CASE OF "EVERETT A SLAVE." WITH THE SHERIFF'S LIST OF FIFTY SUCH MEN WHOM HE SO SUMMONED. HONORABLE STANHOPE POSEY, JUDGE OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, PRESIDING.

Claiborne County MS: 1857 [October 7]. 4to. [4] pp, entirely in ink manuscript. Signed with a flourish by the Clerk, Dan McDougall, and the Deputy Sheriff, G.R. Girault. Daniel McDougall [1813-1863], born in Schenectady, migrated to Port Gibson, Claiborne County. He was appointed Clerk of the Claiborne County Circuit Court..... More

Price: $750.00

THE NATCHEZ WEEKLY COURIER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1862. VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 25. Confederate...

[Confederate Newspaper]:

THE NATCHEZ WEEKLY COURIER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1862. VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 25.

Natchez, Miss. 1863. Elephant Folio broadsheet, 18" x 24." Each page printed in seven columns, on dark blue-green "necessity paper." Old folds, minor wear, Very Good plus. The Natchez Weekly Courier, begun in 1848, ceased publication in 1870 when it merged with the Natchez Weekly Democrat. The Courier's publisher was..... More

Price: $3,500.00

THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITY OF A JUSTICE OF PEACE EXPLAINED AND DIGESTED, UNDER PROPER TITLES. TO...

Starke, Richard:

THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITY OF A JUSTICE OF PEACE EXPLAINED AND DIGESTED, UNDER PROPER TITLES. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, FULL AND CORRECT PRECEDENTS OF ALL KINDS OF PROCESS NECESSARY TO BE USED BY MAGISTRATES; IN WHICH ALSO THE DUTIES OF SHERIFFS, AND OTHER PUBLICK OFFICERS, IS PROPERLY DISCUSSED.

Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, 1774. [4], 353, [3] pages. Scattered light to moderate foxing. Original calf [rubbed, boards detached but rehinged with tape internally], gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Contemporary owner signature and inscriptions. Good+. The Preface asserts the necessity "in this Colony" for this Treatise..... More

Price: $2,000.00

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